
Keywords
- Future of Work
- Location: Berlin
- Made in Germany
- Next Gen: Universität der Künste Berlin
- Topic: Refugees
- Young Talent
- achtung berlin – new berlin film award
- Berlin
- immigration
- migration
- refugees
- work
Actors
- Jonathan Aikins
- Para Kiala
- Frank Leo Schröder
- Antonia Cojaniz
Director
- Cavo Kernich
Drama
31min
16+
EN
DE
A slice of the live of the undocumented migrant Mikel, working odd jobs in Berlin to survive.
A slice of the live of the undocumented migrant Mikel, working odd jobs in Berlin to survive.
MIKEL is a young man from Nigeria, living and working as an undocumented immigrant in Berlin. Due to his (il-)legal residency status, he finds himself as a nomad stuck in permanent transit.
As an illegal refugee, he works for Norbert’s renovation company. Norbert, a German, promises him a residency permit and fair pay. In gentrified Berlin, Mikel lives the life of a nomad. But his awareness of the exploitation becomes increasing difficult to justify with his own self-esteem. Without really knowing where he is going, he takes off in search of an alternative.